Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2022

Vive Flow, HTC’s compact VR headset, is targeted at travelers and consumers looking for casual VR experiences and media consumption. HTC says new software features include a ‘kiosk mode’ so content can be queued up and remotely triggered, which is ideal for trade shows or running training sessions, the company says.

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Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2018

Last year marked HTC’s very first Vive Developer Awards (VDAs), which saw tens of thousands of dollars go to VR app developers across a number of categories. Now, HTC has announced the nominees for this year’s VDAs who will be in competition to win $50,000 in first place prize money. Entertainment.

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JULY 25, 2024

HTC has released a YouTube video that hints at the impending release of a ‘game-changing’ Vive headset. The Taiwanese consumer electronics company ‘HTC’ posted the video titled ‘HTC VIVE: A Vision for You’ on its company YouTube channel, with what appears to be a silhouette of a new headset at the end of the video.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2020

It looks like HTC is making a final push to relieve itself of Vive Pro stock in Europe, as the company is including a copy of Valve’s critically-acclaimed VR title Half-Life: Alyx (2020) with purchase of the full kit. SEE ALSO HTC Reveals Vive Proton, a Compact Standalone VR Headset Prototype. HTC Vive Pro Specs.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Ostensibly the first batch of Vive Pro, HTC’s upcoming prosumer VR headset, is now landing on the doorsteps of developers. The post Developers Are Now Receiving HTC Vive Pro appeared first on Road to VR. ” We've been eagerly awaiting this moment to share with you all.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Today at HTC’s Vive Developer Meeting in Beijing and its simultaneous Shanghai-based Vive Ecosystem Conference, Chinese eye-tracking startup 7invensun debuted a new eye-tracking module that’s not only affordable at $150 (¥1100 RMB), but is designed to support all of HTC’s VR headsets, past and present.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

With middling smartphone sales and a loss of a major portion of its smartphone IP and engineering team to Google last year, HTC appears to be full steam ahead with VR headsets as of late. SEE ALSO HTC Announces 6DOF Controller Tracking Dev Kit for Vive Focus.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2019

” Responding to the rumor, HTC tells Road to VR that the price is “incorrect (and high).” Following the info that HTC revealed today, YouTube channel MRTV reported a rumored price for the headset at $900 , citing a “trusted industry insider.” Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2018

VR/AR expert Antony Vitillo (aka ‘ Skarred Ghost ‘) got an opportunity to speak with HTC Vive China President Alvin Wang Graylin recently, and while Graylin predictably couldn’t answer the question on everyone’s mind—”how much is Vive Pro going to cost?”—we Base Stations.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2019

Today at CES HTC revealed its latest headset, the Vive Cosmos. While the original HTC Vive launched way back in April of 2016, HTC says that it continues to see strong sales. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC. HTC plans to continue to the original Vive product line alongside Cosmos.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

HTC has now opened applications to its latest Vive X accelerator, the company’s $100 million program which aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing both software and hardware developers the right tools, expertise, and investment. HTC says there will be more locations yet to come.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Waltz of the Wizard has grown leaps and bounds since it was first released as a free demo for HTC Vive in 2016, where it first let players muck around in a tower-top alchemy lab. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2025

Yoshida pushed for affordable pricing and a strong content lineup to support the PSVR launch in 2016, positioning the headset as a more accessible entry into VR compared to the pricier PC VR systems like the HTC Vive and original Oculus Rift, whichrequired high-spec PCs to run.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2020

HTC Vive Pro launched in April 2018 with a few key improvements over the company’s original 2016 HTC Vive headset, although its launch was marred somewhat by its steep retail price of $800 for the headset alone. Image courtesy HTC. You might think HTC would be able to serve up a cheaper all-in SteamVR 2.0

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Viveport , HTC’s storefront for SteamVR-compatible headsets, is again celebrating the holidays by giving developers 100 percent of revenue for the rest of the year. Launched in August 2016, Viveport has changed quite a bit since it arrived as a direct competitor to Steam.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

With much surprise for us all, HTC has just announced the Vive Focus Plus , its first full 6 DOF standalone headset! The Vive Focus Plus, in all its majesty (Image by HTC). Internal view of the Vive Focus Plus (Image by HTC). Do you want to know more? Well, you are in the right place. The Vive Focus Plus.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2021

Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PSVR. Platforms: HTC Vive, Oculus Quest, Rift and Rift S, PSVR, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality. Platforms: PSVR, HTC Vive. In this VR adaptation of the 2016 DOOM game, players will encounter new challenges and a different storyline. Platforms: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive. Beat Saber.

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VRScout

MARCH 26, 2020

on all OpenVR compatible headsets, including HTC Vive, Valve Index, Oculus Rift/Rift S, Oculus Quest, and Windows Mixed Reality. With Holoswitch I can finally relax and hang out longer in virtual space. Whenever I receive messages or notification, I see them directly in my headset” Holoswitch is available now for $5.99

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2021

HTC today announced the Vive Pro 2, an upgraded version of the Vive Pro headset which first launched in 2018. HTC today also announced the Vive Focus 3, full details here. HTC first launched the Vive Pro back in 2018. Image courtesy HTC. Image courtesy HTC. Resolution. 2,448 × 2,448 (6.0MP) per-eye, LCD (2x).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

This week South Korean-based television and radio network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation released a clip from their special documentary I Met You showing how the company used VR and haptic feedback technology to reunite Jang Ji-sung with her seven-year-old daughter, Nayeon, who passed away as a result of a rare incurable disease back in 2016.

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Road to VR

MARCH 1, 2022

Called HP ExtendXR, the software as a service (SaaS) was built in collaboration with ArborXR , an AR/VR device management company that came out of the VR arcade space in 2016. HTC has its own Vive Business Device Management System for its own devices.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

” Founded in 2016 by wife and husband team Toni and Richard Eastes, Toast Interactive saw early success with the release of Richie’s Plank Experience , which let users sync a physical plank to its virtual counterpart to tiptoe above death-defying heights.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 12, 2021

What people required the most in a new VR headset, according to a survey proposed by HTC Vive. In the first one, you can read what are the features that people that HTC interviewed were asking for a VR headset : HTC has used these data to design its new headset and accompanying software ecosystem so that to fulfill these requests.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Steel Wool Studios, which got an early $5 million boost from HTC in 2016 , has developed a number of VR-native games since its 2012 founding, including Hello Neighbor Search and Rescue (2023) , FNAF: Help Wanted (2019) and its sequel FNAF: Help Wanted 2 (2024).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Originally released back in 2016, Bigscreen VR is a unique app that allows you to watch movies and TV with friends in VR. The headset works in tandem with SteamVR base stations, controllers, and accessories, such as Valve Index controllers, Tundra Tracker, and HTC Vive Tracker. mm length / 52.4

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2021

Back in 2018, it was revealed that the popular VR party game Werewolves Within was being developed into a full-length feature film produced by Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the same team responsible for 2016’s Assassin’s Creed film.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 15, 2021

To thank developers, and further attract more games to its PC VR app store Viveport , HTC is temporarily bumping up its developer revenue share for the full year.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2020

Because VR teleportation is so 2016. According to the team, AgileVR will be compatible with the following PC VR headsets at launch provided the company reaches its funding goals: Oculus Rift/Rift S, Quest with Oculus Link, HTC Vive, HTC Vive Pro, Valve Index, and Pimax. VR has come a long way over since launch of the Oculus DK1.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Accenture VR Lifetime Achievement Award – Cher Wang, CEO and Chairwoman HTC. As a co-founder of HTC, Cher Wang’s driving force was to provide a tool for people to keep in touch with their loved ones. Wang’s original commitment to HTC is the backbone of the Vive’s success.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 12, 2023

A virtual reality fiction (6DOF) on Steam and HTC Viveport, a 360° video on YouTube and a short film on ARTE.tv For example, in 2015 and 2016, Belga Productions provided co-production and production services to several large-scale international film projects, such as Thomas Vinterberg's "Kursk" or EuropaCorp's "Renegades".

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Road to VR

MARCH 20, 2020

HTC Vive Comos & Cosmos Elite. HTC Vive Cosmos is a pricey alternative at $700, and while HTC’s faceplate modularity scheme aims to appeal to a wider audience, it’s difficult to recommend the base headset due to its finicky inside-out tracking and power-hungry motion controllers. Image courtesy HTC.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 1, 2018

It’s also worth noting that some of these titles (like Fallout 4 VR and Tilt Brush ) are or were bundled at one time with sales of the HTC Vive, a confounding variable in the total gross estimation. QuiVr (2016). Estimated Total Gross. Fallout 4 VR. 4,731,120.00. Arizona Sunshine. 4,721,400.00. 2017 [prev. 4,283,320.00.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2021

Considering Rabkin says this will be rolling out to Horizon and then the rest of the platform, it’s safe to say the results above were obtained by applying many of the advances in AI systems the company has been working on in the past few years , and not by using a separate piece of face-tracking hardware like HTC revealed earlier this month.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2022

Based on the images provided, it appears as though Hologate is using both the Valve Index as well as The HTC Vive Pro in combination with the company’s custom VR weapon peripherals to immerse players in their location-based experience. Where Ghostbusters VR Academy sets itself apart, however, is with its vehicle motion simulator.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

A beautiful experience created by the New York Times for their celebration of The year’s best actors in 2016. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, earned this award for her team’s exceptional forward progress at the intersection of art and science in VR. HTC Vive CEO, Cher Wang, on a red carpet full of 360 cameras.

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